and returned to his native country just on the breaking out of the first war between king Charles I. and his Scottish fubjects.

The captain's reputation, backed by the powerful recommendations of the earl of Leicester and lady Carlisle, procured him the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the regiment belonging to lord Newport; in which poft he ferved in the king's northern expeditions; wherein what little was performed the lieutenant-colonel had an ample share in; and, perhaps, it was none of that prince's leaft misfortunes, that our hero had so small a portion of power and influence at that critical juncture.

The treaty commenced at Rippon, and the fummoning a parliament had scarce put an end to the Scotch war, when the horrid Irish rebellion broke out; to quell which, lord Leicefter was appointed to fucceed the late earl of Strafford, who went with colonel Monk there (that lord having raised him to that poft in his own regiment) where he did fuch confi derable fervice, that the lords-juftices appointed him governor of Dublin; but the parliament interceding, that authority was vefted in another; and foon after, the colonel returned to England with his regiment, along with the reft of the forces fent by the marquis of Ormond, on his figning a truce with the Irish rebels, pursuant to the king's orders; which was done on the fifteenth of September, 1643: but, on the colonel's arrival at Bristol, he was met by orders fent both from Ireland and Ox

ford, directing lord Hawley, governor of Bristol, to fecure him till further orders. However, his lordship (on being informed of the unjust fufpicions entertained of the colonel, purely for being an officer under the earl of Leicester, who was nominated by the parliament to command the forces raised, and paid by them for the Irish fervice; and from a fear that he might not willingly enter into a war against thofe whofe pay he received; and being fatisfied he had no fort of inclination to fide with them) fuffered him to proceed to Oxford on his bare parole; where he fo fully juftified himself to lord Digby, the then fecretary of ftate, that he was by that nobleman introduced to his majefty; but his regiment was given to colonel Warren, who had been his major.

In order to make him amends for this precipitancy, the king raised him to the rank of major-general in the Irish brigade, then commanded by lord Byron, and employed in the fiege of Nantwich, in Cheshire; to which poft major-general Monk speedily repaired, but arrived only time enough to fhare in the unfortunate furprifal of that whole brigade by Sir Thomas Fairfax, who brought a confiderable body of the parliament's forces to the relief of that place; from whence he was fent to Hull, amongst the other prifoners, and wast in a fhort time conveyed from thence to the Tower of London, where he remained in close confinement till the thirteenth of November,

1646; when, at the follicitation of his kinfman, lord Lifle, eldeft fon to the earl of Leicefter, who, on the marquis of Ormond's declaring for the king, was made deputy of that kingdom, he took the covenant, engaged with the parliament, and agreed to accept a command under him in the Irish service, as the only means to be enlarged from his tedious confinement.

Lord Leicester and the colonel fet out on their journey to Ireland on the twenty-eighth of January after; but, as the marquis of Or-' mond refused obedience to the orders of the parliament, nor would deliver up the city of Dublin to their deputy without the king's command, lord Lifle and his forces were obliged to fleer for Cork, near which they landed; but not being able to do any great matters, and his lordship's commiffion expireing, on the feventeenth day of April he embarked again for England, together with colonel Monk; who was not long in a state of inactivity, having the command in chief of all the parliament's forces in the north of Ireland conferred upon him, together with the regiment late colonel Brocket's; whereupon he returned for the third time to Ireland, and landed at Belfast.

The Scots under the command of majorgeneral Monroe, refufing to join the English in the fervice of the parliament, colonel Monk was prevented from entering into action fo foon as he chofe; but being joined by colonel Jones,

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Jones, he made large amends, and difputed the poffeffion of Ulfter very warmly with Owen Roe O'Neal, obliging him to raise the fiege of Londonderry; and by fecuring the command of forage, and laying wafte the country, almoft famished his army. He likewife managed fo well the tilling and improving thofe parts in his poffeffion, and was fo provident in difpofing the booties from time to time brought in by his parties, that he made the Irish war nearly maintain itself. Yet, notwithstanding thefe fmall fucceffes, the fuperiority of the marquis of Ormond and lord Inchequin, at the head of the Royalists; and the unconquerable diftruft of the Scots, to whom most of his garrison of Dundalk revolted on their approach to that place, reduced him to the neceffity of entering into a treaty with that hold Irish leader; who deceiving him, he was obliged to furrender Dundalk to lord Inchequin, and return to England; where he was called to an account by the parliament for having treated with the Irish rebels :---an affront he never forgave.

He was, perhaps, the more offended with this treatment, as he was not employed in the reduction of Ireland under Oliver Cromwell, who, all accounts agree, received confiderable advantage from this very treaty made between O'Neal and the colonel.

During this inactivity, his elder brother dying without iffue male, the family eftate, by entail, devolved upon him, and he repaired

it from the ruinous condition in which his father and brother had left it.

He had scarce fettled his private affairs when he was called in to ferve against the Scots, who had proclaimed king Charles II. in that kingdom, under Oliver Cromwell, by whom he was made lieutenant general of the artillery, and had a regiment given him, compofed of fix companies taken out of Fenwick's, and fix out of Haflerig's. In this poft he was extremely ferviceable to Cromwell, particularly at the famous battle of Dunbar; where perfonally charging and routing Lower's regiment, he led the way to that compleat victory there obtained by the English forces.

After this victory, the lieutenant-general was employed in difperfing a body of irregu lars, known by the name of Mofs-troopers; and reducing Darlington, Rofwell, Brothwick, and Tantallon, caftles, where they ufed to harbour; he was alfo concerned in fettling the articles for the furrender of Edin. burgh caftle; and, being left commander in chief in Scotland, at the head of six thousand men, by Cromwell, when he returned to England, in purfuit of Charles II. he befieged and took Sterling, and carried Dundee by ftorm; where he behaved with great cruelty, putting Lunfdale, the governor, and eight hundred men to the sword.

Soon after this, St. Andrew's and Aberdeen having also submitted to him, he was feized

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